This week, in her tireless trek around New York, design editor Wendy Goodman visited the gifted paint creator Donald Kaufman, the chicly eclectic Michele Varian, the creative and witty Rafael de Cardenas (and his work for clients Jessica Stam and Parker Posey), the serene and comfortable Marcello Manor in the Bronx, and the impeccable designs of Vladimir Kagan at the Ralph Pucci showroom.
Design Hunting: The Couturier of Paint, the Great Vladimir Kagan, and Jessica Stam’s Living Room

By
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed and New York Magazine’s design editor
who covers the city’s most spectacular interiors.
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